Abbie Cornish on the VOGUE Australia cover for December 2009.

Vogue Australia’s editor Kirstie Clements has very firm views on the whole ‘celebrity-cover’ phenomenon – in that: ‘Celebrity Cover – she’s just not that into you.’

Very rarely, and only under special circumstances, will she put an actress on the cover of her magazine. Abbie is one very said special circumstance.

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That doesn’t even look like him in the second picture!

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While she may be top-billed in the new movie Bright Star, Australian actress Abbie Cornish first rose to prominence in the U.S. two years ago, when she costarred in the real-life domestic drama involving the then-married Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon.

Cornish, now 27, and Phillippe, 34, met on the set of the movie Stop-Loss, and today they share a home in Los Angeles – “where it was love that brought me here, not work,” she tells W magazine for its September issue. “I think the city feels and looks a little bit different because of that.”

While Witherspoon has publicly called divorce humiliating and isolating, Cornish – whom W says was “cast as the culprit” – looks back on the period when the spotlight first fell on her as “a really difficult time for me.”

Suddenly, she said, she was forced to enter a realm of paparazzi and tabloid coverage “that I’d never been exposed to. In a normal successful career, someone usually learns these things bit by bit. For me, it was like night and day. I woke up one day and there was this whole new thing I had to process and deal with.”

Since then, she has moved in with Phillippe and spends time with his and Witherspoon’s two children: Ava, 9, and Deacon, 5.

As for whether or not she’s engaged to Phillippe: “No,” she answers. Then, when asked if there are plans for their relationship to head in that direction, Cornish says, “I don’t know.” Following a tense laugh, she suggests to her interviewer, “I think I’m nearly ready to go on to another part of the conversation.”

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Still hot!

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Abbie Cornish and boyfriend Ryan Phillippe at the Calvin Klein Spring 2009 collection launch. Abbie Cornish hosted the event which was held on Cockatoo Island, Sydney Harbour, Australia.

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Two months after admitting it was bizarre seeing ex-wife Reese Witherspoon with Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Phillippe is quietly moving things forward in his own love life.

After months of speculation about their relationship, he proudly accompanied his Stop-Loss costar Abbie Cornish to the 2008 Australian in Film Breakthrough Awards – their first major event as a couple.

“They were adorable,” says a guest. “He had his arm around her and they were cozy and comfortable.”

When Cornish – who was being honored with a Breakthrough Award – was introduced, Phillippe rubbed her back while she leaned against his shoulder. Throughout the evening, they held hands.

Phillippe, 33, also let Cornish enjoy her moment in the spotlight, waiting patiently as she worked the room and posed for photos. Once she was at his side once again, they continued to share laughs with pals.

The secret to Cornish’s appeal? “We needed a girl who could knock back and drink the guys under the table, change a blown tire, whatever she needs to do,” their Stop-Loss director, Kimberly Pierce, tells PEOPLE. “And she has that. She’s that kind of girl.”

A second Breakthrough Award went to actress Mia Wasikowska for her work in the HBO series In Treatment.

Phillippe and Cornish left the party just before 10 p.m., heading to Hennessy’s weekly jazz night at Teddy’s.

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